Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council

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Welcome to the Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council
world-wide-web home page. The Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design
Council formed in 1988 is a nonprofit organization whose members are those
individuals who have demonstrated exceptional professional accomplishments in
the structural design of tall buildings. The Los Angeles Tall Buildings
Structural Design Council is a liaison organization to the
Council on Tall
Buildings and Urban Habitat, an international nonprofit organization of
architects, engineers, planners, developers, and other professionals involved in
the design, construction and operation of tall buildings.

News

LATBSDC 2018 ConferenceFRIDAY, MAY 4, 2017

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF TALL BUILDINGS

The 2018 LATBSDC conference will cover a variety of topics related to recent advances in structural design
of tall and special buildings. Distinguished speakers will present topics ranging from discussing new tall
buildings in Los Angeles and elsewhere, new innovations for structural resilience, lessons earned from recent
earthquakes, design ground motion issues, and 2018 supplements to the 2017 LATBSDC Guidelines. In
addition, a panel discussion will be held covering various topics presented during the conference.

The 2017 edition of the LATBSDC "An Alternative Procedure For Seismic Analysis
And Design Of Tall Buildings Located In The Los Angeles Region" is now available.

LATBSDC 2017 ConferenceFRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017

EMERGING CONCEPTS IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF TALL BUILDINGS

The 2017 LATBSDC conference will cover a variety of topics related to recent advances in structural design
of tall and special buildings. Distinguished speakers will present topics ranging from discussing new high rise
buildings in Los Angeles and elsewhere, new innovations for structural resilience, damping in tall buildings,
structural irregularities, and new guidelines for performance-based seismic design of tall buildings. In
addition, a panel discussion will be held covering various topics presented during the conference.

The 2014 edition with 2015 supplements of the LATBSDC "An Alternative Procedure For Seismic Analysis
And Design Of Tall Buildings Located In The Los Angeles Region" is now available.

Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council - Bulletin 14-01

A bulletin intended to provide design guidance to structural engineers
for seismic force resisting systems classified as “dual systems” that use
special reinforced concrete shear walls in combination with special reinforced
concrete moment resisting frames is now available here.

LATBSDC 2015 Conference

ADVANCES IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR SEISMIC REGIONS

The 2015 LATBSDC conference will cover a variety of topics related to recent advances in structural design
of tall and special buildings. Distinguished speakers will present topics ranging from the new Los Angeles
Resiliency Plan, to various seismic rating systems; new tools developed for performance-based design; ATC
project updates, modeling and performance of structural walls, ground motion issues for tall buildings, and
design and performance of dual systems. In addition, a panel discussion will be held and an update will be
provided on planned improvements to the 2014 LATBSDC Design Criteria.

The 2014 edition of the LATBSDC "An Alternative Procedure For Seismic Analysis
And Design Of Tall Buildings Located In The Los Angeles Region" is now available.

LATBSDC 2014 Conference

ADVANCES IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR SEISMIC REGIONS

The 2014 LATBSDC conference will cover a variety of topics related to recent advances in structural design
of tall and special buildings. Distinguished speakers will present topics ranging from the new earthquake
ground motions for design to showcasing new tall building projects under development for Los Angeles;
new techniques for design of tall buildings; foundation design for tall buildings; new code provisions, and
building on or near faults. In addition an update will be provided on LATBSDC efforts to develop reliability
based alternative procedure for seismic retrofit of tall buildings.

The LATBSDC 2011 meeting will cover a variety of topics related to recent advances in structural design of
tall and special buildings. The 2011 edition of the LATBSDC Design Criteria will be introduced and issues
such as dynamic lateral soil pressure, design of nonstructural components for tall buildings, the rocking
braced frame design, nonlinear response of tall buildings subjected to strong winds, soil-foundation-
structure interaction, effect of large coseismic displacements on tall buildings, and design of triple concave
FPS isolators will be discussed. In addition, structural design of a number of tall and special buildings will
be presented.

LATBSDC 2010 Conference
The LATBSDC 2010 conference will showcase new tall building designs and case studies that have been
completed using contemporary performance based seismic design procedures. Various speakers
will be presenting their tall building design and analysis projects. Additionally, with funding
from the California Seismic Safety Commission, several participants from PEER's Tall Building
Initiative will also present the new design guidelines and case studies.

The LATBSDC reconnaissance team to Chile will also provide a briefing on what the implications
of that M8.8 event could be for tall buildings in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

New Website
The website has a new design and more features. Look for new features shortly, including PDF versions of our previous
conference proceedings articles.

LATBSDC Conference
The LATBSDC 2008 conference will focus on nonlinear modeling issues related to the analysis and design
of tall buildings. The current CBC and IBC building codes are not tailored to tall buildings and, as such,
may impose many prescriptive requirements that make the design of tall buildings difficult and
economically challenged. The 2008 Edition of the LATBSDC Alternative Design Criteria will be
presented. The Tall Building Initiative being coordinated by the PEER Center is spearheading many of the
studies that will lead to more rational Performance Based Earthquake Engineering design procedures and an
update on these efforts will be highlighted. PEER parametric case studies on tall building will also be
presented.View the full announcement and agenda.